This pollen key is a collection of pollen images and taxonomic information for plants of the San Francisco Bay Region. The emphasis is on tidal wetland species. The key can be viewed in two ways:
Note: if you are using a modem or other slow connection to the web, you should turn off the "Auto Load Images" option on your web browser. You can then click on the individual image icons to display the desired images individually.
Pollen images were captured with a Zeiss microscope, Panasonic video camera, and NIH Image.